Matt Ariza officially makes Chief's roster after rape lawsuit up ended time with Bills Ariza was released by the bills in 2022 rape lawsuit was dropped in December Matt Ariza will start as the Kansas City Chiefs punter this season two years after the Buffalo Bills cut him amid allegations of rape in a lawsuit the rape lawsuit was dropped and Ariza signed with the Chiefs in February he battled in camp with Ryan Rajkow for the starting punter job and by the end of the preseason he was the team's full time punter Arisa officially made the cut the Chiefs trimmed down their roster to 53 men on Tuesday chief special teams coach Dave Tube explained last month why Arisa was set to become the starting punter both of those guys did a great job Ryan Rajkow did a great job the kid from BYU we had it was a tough decision tube said via Chiefs Wire it wasn't really cut and dry but in the end Matt was a little more consistent day to day being a lefty punter a little bit older I think we made that choice to go with it I didn't wanna go into this camp with two guys tube suggested that a razor may provide a different look for punt returners given that he is a left chiefs head coach Andy Reid also spoke briefly about Ariza on August 5th I like him right said just keep working consistency always as you go you can see it I mean he's booming the thing Ariza also spoke at the time about whether he thought he would be able to punt again there were times that I didn't and there were times that I did he said honestly it kept going back and forth in my mind yeah there was a lot of moments where I thought it was over I'm incredibly grateful to be here a razor will likely get his first opportunity to punt next week when the Chiefs open their season against the Baltimore Raven he said he knew how special the moment will be going to be pretty surreal definitely going to take it all in he said like I said just grateful for the opportunity and grateful to get back to that moment because that is my favorite thing is being out there in a pressure situation in a game with a rush pads on and everything I think that's when I'm at my best so I can't wait to get back out there the lawsuit against Arisa was dropped in December known as the Punt God at San Diego State the bills selected him in the sixth round of the 2022 draft however he was released before the start of the season after the lawsuit came out he was the 2021 Rei Guy Award winner given to the best college punter was an All American that same year